Meru
"meru" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Meru” is uncommon English (frequency #60,954 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,954
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-meru · Meru · English
Meru · rank #60,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,954
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH merrin
Nearest frequency peer: merrin (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Meru”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mercator
Mercator
39,050 corpus weight
- Merdeka
Merdeka
39,049 corpus weight
- merrin
merrin
39,048 corpus weight
- Meru
Meru
39,047 corpus weight
- meshing
meshing
39,045 corpus weight
- metta
metta
39,044 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Meru” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meru |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Meru” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Meru is uncommon English at frequency #60,954 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Meru in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit मेरु (Mēru) The correct English form is Meru, spelled M-E-R-U.
Definition
- 1The abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2003, J. Dina Bagdel, John C. Huntington Buddhist Cosmology: Environment of Meditative Transformation: Mount Meru, John C. Huntington, Dina Bangdel, Robert A. F. Thurman, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, page 66, Buddhist realizations and transformations take place in a sacred meditational space known as Mount Meru, or Sumeru. In Western-la…
2013, Eric Huntington, Portrait of a Landscape: Depictions of the Meru Cosmos in Buddhist Art & Culture, Dissertation, University of Chicago.
Etymology
From Sanskrit मेरु (Mēru)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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